Jan. 6 rioter who claimed 'entrapment' by FBI agents found guilty

Jan. 6 attacker Alan Hostetter was found guilty on Thursday of conspiring to obstruct the joint session of Congress, WUSA's Jordan Fischer revealed on Twitter.

While in court, Hostetter represented himself in the trial, saying he refused to have any lawyer associating with Skull & Bones, Free Masonry “or any other organizations that require oaths or vows of secrecy.”

Hostetter's main argument is that federal agents set him up. It was a clear example of entrapment, he said.

Former Fox host Tucker Carlson mainstreamed a conspiracy theory that some of the rioters were secret FBI agents planted to encourage the uprising. Among them Carlson said, was Ray Epps who is now suing Fox and Carlson for knowingly lying about him and destroying his life. Carlson also crafted his own little documentary-style episode that falsely argued the attack was perpetrated by FBI agents or informants.

Among Hostetter's "three fundamental pillars" of his case was the accusation that the attack on the Capitol was staged by “federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.”

“Do you think maybe, perhaps, and maybe you don't want to give away your series, you find indications that the FBI was actually pushing for this invasion?” Fox's Brian Kilmeade asked Carlson before his Nov. 2021 special.